As we all know, a devastating earthquake has just hit Japan and the entire tokusatsu fandom are worried if the actors for Kamen Rider OOO and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger are safe and sound, that is why, here in Orends: Range, we went a close look on their personal blogs... with the help from Google Translate of course.
Kamen Rider OOO
Ryosuke Miura who plays Ankh in the series posted in his blog that he just watched it in the news after he came back from the studio and admits that it was scary. After that, he posted a pic with the cast members prior to the quake (on top) and say that they are waiting for someone when they shot this pic.
Riho Takada who plays Hina Izumi in the series posted that she is okay and seems worried with her fans being okay. She adds that she was on location when it happened and mentions that everyone in the cast are fine. As for Shu Watanabe, who plays Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO in the series, his last blog entry dates back on March 6, and since Hina's actress says that all the cast members are fine, it is safe to say that Eiji is still safe.
I also decided to double check Hiroaki Iwanaga who plays Akira Date/Kamen Rider Birth and Asaya Kimijima who plays Shintaro Goto's respective blogs. Their last entries are dated at March 9th and March 10th respectively. In short, let's just believe on what Riho Takada said on her blog post.
I also decided to double check Hiroaki Iwanaga who plays Akira Date/Kamen Rider Birth and Asaya Kimijima who plays Shintaro Goto's respective blogs. Their last entries are dated at March 9th and March 10th respectively. In short, let's just believe on what Riho Takada said on her blog post.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
Ryota Ozawa who plays Captain Marvelous/GokaiRed in the series posted in his blog if everyone is alright and worries about the show's staff and crew and tells his followers to never let their guard down and be safe.
Ichimichi Mao who plays Luka Milfy/GokaiYellow mentions about the earthquake and that everyone should be safe. Yui Koike who plays Ahim de Famille/GokaiPink, based on how understand the Google translation it seems that her representative is posting the blog entry on her behalf and announces that events related to her are canceled.
As for Kazuki Shimizu who plays Don Dogoier/GokaiGreen and Yuki Yamada who plays Joe Gibken/GokaiBlue, their respective blog entries are dated last March 6th and December 26, 2010 respectively. Let's just wait for further news regarding their safety. Sorry for the late updates, but I just recently read the latest blog translations coming from Shir of GUIS, and yes, GokaiBlue and GokaiGreen are safe. To those interested with their blog entries, you can check it here (Blue, Green).
As a bonus, here is the latest blog entry coming from Dori Sakurada who plays Kotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider NEW Den-O! He mentions that he has just arrived and his house and his dog, Fanta is safe. And now, he reads comments coming from his fans, worried.
Again, to those who are not aware, tv-asahi's Super Hero Time block is canceled this week due to the earthquake so let me remind you people, we will not see the entire Dekaranger crew (to be exact, Ban, Jasmine and Doggie) back this week and the continuation of the current arc which involves the debut of Kamen Rider Birth's BIRTHDAY Mode and Ankh's Left Arm.
UPDATE: Here's a list of recent blog posts of other tokusatsu actors compiled by nerefir of HJU via her LiveJournal page. Also, fixed some typos, thanks rossa for pointing out!
UPDATE: Here's a list of recent blog posts of other tokusatsu actors compiled by nerefir of HJU via her LiveJournal page. Also, fixed some typos, thanks rossa for pointing out!